Ohio · Private foundation
The John C Bates Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $869k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations The John C Bates Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $61k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $105k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $41k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $52k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $145k | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michindoh Conference Center | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Toledo International Youth Orchestra Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 22% |
| National Tooling & Machining Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Bedford Community Foundation | $11,500 | 4 | 9% |
| University of Michigan | $10,500 | 1 | 2% |
| St Francis Desales High School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Achievement Academy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Miami University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Manitou Beach Historic Renovation Society | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michindoh Conference Center | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Toledo International Youth Orchestra Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 22% |
| National Tooling & Machining Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Bedford Community Foundation | $11,500 | 4 | 9% |
| University of Michigan | $10,500 | 1 | 2% |
| St Francis Desales High School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Achievement Academy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Miami University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Manitou Beach Historic Renovation Society | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| American Legion Child Welfare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lourdes University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Breaking Barriers Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Cyrus Tang Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Race for the Kids | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Our Mom Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($412k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John C Bates Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The John C Bates Foundation
- How much does The John C Bates Foundation give?
- The John C Bates Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $60,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The John C Bates Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Human Services (16%), Health (12%).
- Who are The John C Bates Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michindoh Conference Center ($25k), Greater Toledo International Youth Orchestra Inc ($23k), National Tooling & Machining Foundation ($20k).
- Does The John C Bates Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John C Bates Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The John C Bates Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The John C Bates Foundation based?
- The John C Bates Foundation is based in OH.
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